Appendix A
Table A: summary of NHS cost attributable to alcohol misuse 2006/07
Resource Category | Cost 2006/07 (£million) |
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GP/practice consultations | 12 |
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GP prescribed drugs | 0.77 |
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GP initiated lab tests | 0.84 |
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Hospitalisation days (acute) | 146 |
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Hospitalisation days (psychiatric) | 89 |
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A&E attendances | 32 |
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Outpatient appts | 64 |
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Community psychiatric service | 13 |
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Day hospital | 3 |
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Ambulance | 32 |
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Health improvement/specific funding | 13 |
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Total | 405 |
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Table B: summary of social work cost attributable to alcohol misuse 2006/07
Resource Category | Cost 2006/07 (£million) |
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Children's Hearings ( SCRA) | 2 |
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Social work : |
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Children's hearings | 0.3 |
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Children & families | 153 |
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Substance misuse | 11 |
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Community care | 2 |
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Criminal justice | 33 |
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total | 169 |
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Table C: summary of criminal justice & emergency services cost attributable to alcohol misuse 2006/07
Resource Category | Cost 2006/07 (£million) |
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Police time | 288 |
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Court and legal costs associated with prosecutions | 19 |
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Custodial sentences | 78 |
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Fire service | 6 |
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Total | 385 |
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Table D: summary of "economic" cost attributable to alcohol misuse 2006/07
Resource Category | Cost 2006/07 (£million) |
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Presenteeism | 203 |
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Absenteeism | 190 |
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Unemployment | 96 |
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Premature death | 328 |
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Total | 818 |
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Table E: summary of human cost attributable to alcohol misuse 2006/07
Resource Category | Cost 2006/07 (£million) |
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Consequences of crime | 145 |
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Homicide | 51 |
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Deaths in fires | 23 |
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Excess mortality | 248 |
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Total | 466 |
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